“Well guys it looks like I’m off the Anaheim card. Sucks pretty bad,” Mendes tweeted on Sunday. “Manny was injured and no one would step up.”

Mendes’ only loss in the UFC is to featherweight champion Jose Aldo at UFC 142. Since the loss, Mendes has strung together back-to-back wins and is considered a top contender in the 145-pound weight class.

Stevie Ray took a risk by replacing the injured James Krause on four weeks’ notice, but at in Belfast on Saturday, the risk paid off as he won a three-round split decision over veteran contender Rossread news >>

Another UFC main event has taken a hit in 2016. Two weeks before the fight, light heavyweight champ Daniel Cormier is out of his rematch with Anthony Johnson at UFC 206 in Toronto. Filed under: Featuread news >>